Alleging physical and emotional abuse, Taylor filed for divorce over a month ago. But Russell was hoping for a reconciliation, the source adds: He was wearing his wedding ring at the time of his death.

Taylor made her first public appearance since Russell's death last Friday -- wearing all black during a visit to Forest Lawn Memorial Park in L.A., spending nearly two hours in the chapel.

"The people traveling with her were comforting her and wanted to get her inside the building as quickly as possible," a witness told Us.